"94 HISTORY OF THl COMMITTEE ON SCIENC1 AND fECHNOLOGY 



Representative Tom Harkin (Democrat of Iowa) tests out a research model automobile 

 designed for its fuel efficiency and safety, as Representative Dan Glickman (Democrat of 

 Kansas) looks on. 



TOM HARKIN TAKES COMMWI) 



At the start of 1979, third-term Congressman Tom Harkin as- 

 cended to the chairmanship of the subcommittee, which was renamed 

 'Transportation, Aviation and Communications" at the beginning of 

 the 96th Congress. Not yet 40 years old when he became a subcom- 

 mittee chairman, Harkin typified the group of young, enthusiastic 



